Doomsday – 2050

The world has only ten years to control global warming, warns Met Office. Pollution needs to be brought under control within ten years to stop runaway climate change, according to the latest Met Office predictions.

In the worse-case scenario, modelled by the Met Office Hadley Centre, emissions had to turn negative by 2050 to stand any chance of keeping the temperature rise below 2C (3.6F).

This would mean using “geo-engineering” such as artificial trees that are designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.The Telegraph, 15 Nov 2009